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Chlorodyne (Mix together extract of black)
Mix together 1/24 fluid ounce chloroform, 90 minims sulphuric other, 8 drops oil of peppermint, 8 drops resin of Indian hemp (cannabis Indica), and 2 drops capsicum; shake the mixture occasionally and allow it to stand for a few days. Dissolve 16 grains muriate of morphia, by heat, in 2 drachms water; when cold, add 65 minims Scheele's hydrocyanic acid, 1 fluid drachm perchloric acid, and 2 fluid ounces molasses. Add this gradually to the first mixture, and then add sufficient molasses to make the whole measure 4 fluid ounces.
Dose, 30 minims.